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July 06, 2023

Nathasha Edirisooriya was detained for blasphemy.

On May 27, 2023, police arrested and detained Edirisooriya after receiving a complaint that she made jokes insulting to Buddhism and…

August 30, 2022

Abdullah al-Derazi is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious identity and for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On August 27, 2014, Tarut Island Police arrested al-…

August 30, 2022

Youssef al-Manasif is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious identity and for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On April 6, 2017, authorities arrested al-Manasif in…

August 22, 2022

Zarvia Pervaiz was forced to renounce her faith.

On April 30, 2022, Pervaiz – 12 years old at the time – went missing after going shopping with one of her abductors, who had previously…

August 09, 2022

Mohammed Zubair was detained for his expression about religion and in relation to his reporting on religious freedom conditions.

On June 27, 2022, Delhi police arrested Zubair, co-founder…

May 25, 2022

Seyyed Sadrullah Fazeli Zare was imprisoned and executed on blasphemy-related charges.

In May 2020, authorities arrested Zare after accusing him and others of being a member of a Telegram…

May 24, 2022

Yusef Mehrdad was imprisoned and executed on blasphemy-related charges.

In May 2020, authorities arrested Mehrdad from his home in Ardabil after accusing him and others of being a member…

April 06, 2022

Noushin Jafari was imprisoned for blasphemy.

In August 2019, authorities arrested Jafari, a photojournalist and culture reporter, after accusing her of running a Twitter account that…

April 01, 2022

Farid Zirgi Moghaddam is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In August 2019, intelligence agents detained Moghaddam in Birjand reportedly in relation to posts he made about…

March 15, 2022

Apollinaris Darmawan is imprisoned for expression about religion.

In August 2020, Bandung police arrested Darmawan after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and Islam on…